How many Tactics Trainer puzzles can IM Danny Rensch solve in 15 minutes? Find out as he lets you dive into his thoughts, both right and wrong, and explains how he approaches solving.
Every King's Indian defender must be ready to deal with an all-out assault from White. GM Peter Svidler comes after GM Hikaru Nakamura with four pawns, but Nakamura has all the answers. Watch to find out what they are!
Most days Hikaru Nakamura is the one winning with inspiring attack play. In today's video, GM Simon Williams shows you how GM Benjamin Bok flipped the script and defeated Nakamura with his own exciting brand of unbrid...
Join IM Danny Rensch and a host of incredible guests as they take on all comers and questions en route to 100,000 Youtube subscribers.
Magnus Carlsen's 50.Qh6+!! ended the 2016 World Championship with a beautiful bang. NM Sam Copeland presents a host of similar exercises, inspired by Carlsen's finale and speculates about where Carlsen might have seen...
The first ever Chess.com Crazyhouse Championship was a thrilling affair as many of the world's best players showed up and threw down. Join IMs Danny Rensch and Aman Hambleton as they bring you all of the action in thi...
What does it mean to be practical in a chess game? GM Melik Khachiyan says it's partly about creating problems for your opponent. Here, he creates just enough difficulties to draw GM Alex Lenderman into the mire and d...
The Americans Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura are alive to win the Grand Chess Tour at its final leg in the London Chess Classic, and ChessCenter has full team coverage. Plus, find out what the actor Orlando Jones has...
What chess player hasn't miscalculated in a critical moment? GM Melik Khachiyan shows you how to minimize such errors with several puzzles from his recent play. Melik highlights the importance of several zwischenzugs,...
What were they key moments from the world championship? FM Mike Klein shows you one from every single game! Catch every tactic, blow, and missed opportunity during your lunch break.
World Champion Jose Raoul Capablanca is possibly the greatest natural endgame player of all time. Probably his greatest endgame victory is his classic defeat of Savielly Tartakower. King activity, rook activity, sacri...
Everything came down to the tiebreak games in the world championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin. Did Magnus finally overcome Sergey's stoic resistance? And is the last move played the beautiful f...
It's the last classical game of the world championship match, and with the score tied, everything is on the line. Can Carlsen keep his title? Or will Karjakin pull off the upset? The ChessCenter team analyzes not o...
In the penultimate classical round, Magnus Carlsen's 1...e5 proved just as sturdy as it has all match. In fact, Carlsen offered a pawn sac and put many questions to Karjakin. Join the ChessCenter crew as they dissect...
Magnus Carlsen wins Game 10! After one of the longest droughts of his career, Carlsen finally got the grind for which he was looking! Join IM Danny Rensch, GM Robert Hess, WFM Alexandra Botez, and the ChessCenter crew...
Sergey Karjakin is closing in on an amazing world championship upset, and he had a big edge today in an exciting game nine. Was he able to bring home the full point? The ChessCenter team analyzes the game and the new...
A win! After many excellent and poor moves by both players, game eight was dramatically won by Sergey Karjakin. Join IM Danny Rensch, Robert Hess, and guests as they decipher the intricacies of the game and try to fig...
Sergey Karjakin switched to 1.d4 in game 7, but it did not improve the result. Carlsen essayed the Slav Defense and equalized comfortably. Join IM Danny Rensch, GM Robert Hess, and guests as they dive into the intrica...
For the first time in the match, Sergey Karjakin was the one applying pressure to Magnus Carlsen. See how he developed a brutal opposite-color bishop attack in the middlegame as ChessCenter provides you analysis from...
Is 1...e5 to be the height of theory once again? Thus far, Magnus Carlsen has ventured it in all of his black games and proved impregnable. Join IM Danny Rensch and GM Robert Hess as they dive into the sharp opening i...
Magnus Carlsen gained a decent edge as Black, but ultimately game four of the world championship match ended like all the other games so far: in a draw. Join the ChessCenter team with a special guest appearance by Fa...
In game three, Sergey Karjakin finally presented the dreaded Berlin Defense; however, the game was anything but a boring draw! Magnus Carlsen pushed him to the limit and was within a hair of scoring his first win in a...
Could Sergey Karjakin do any better with his first go as White? After surprising both fans and commentators alike with the Ruy Lopez, Carlsen surprises right back by not only avoiding the Berlin, but then improving on...
The world chess championship kicks off as Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin vie for the title. Don't have time to watch the game all day? ChessCenter has you covered with the best moves, highlights, and results you...
How is it that Magnus plays chess better than anyone else in the world? There's no one better than his second, Jon Ludvig Hammer, to give you the skinny. He shows you three attributes that elevate Carlsen, and (Hammer...
